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Jess let the girl into the apartment, closing the door behind her. "Would you like to sit?" He offered up as they walked into the living room. The coffee table had a stack of information sheets. Zoey seemed to smile and sit on the couch. She noticed the stack on the table in front of her. She picked up one of the sheets and perused it. "That sheet should have all of the information that you need." Jess saw her nod as he sat in the chair opposite of her, waiting for any questions that she might have.
"Everything here looks fine. Completely doable." She assured him with a gentle smile. Jess nodded with a faint smile. "Well, as long as it's doable.. How about a tour of the place?" He offered. "That sounds great. Lead on, MacDuff." She said as she got up, taking a few steps around the coffee table. Jess quirked an eyebrow and started to walk over to the kitchen. "Kitchen." He pointed out, before turning around. "You've already been in the living room. Bedrooms are down the hallway." He informed her as they walked down the hallway.
Zoey looked around as Jess showed her the apartment. "The bathroom is right there, and the first door on the left is my bedroom. Don't go in there... And this room will be yours." She heard him explain. Once they reached the room that would soon be her's, Zoey stepped in front of Jess and pushed the door open. The room was a reasonable size, the closet was a little small but she could live with it. She didn't have as much stuff as she used to. "This will be great." She smiled, still checking things out. She looked back to find Jess leaning in the doorway.
Jess looked on to the scene as he leaned on the door frame. He didn't know what to think about Zoey yet. She seemed nice enough, but she had also misquoted Macbeth. This could be interesting. Maybe they would get along, and maybe they wouldn't. Though, that was one of the things about having roommates. You never know what you're gonna get. "Good." He replied. "Now, you've seen everything. Let me go get your key so that you don't have to wait for me to be home when you're trying to move." He said and politely left the room.
It was almost surreal to Zoey. She had been looking for an apartment for months, but nothing seemed to fit. There was just something about this place, and about Jess that felt right. She couldn't explain it. Just in that moment, her iphone rang to take her out of her thoughts. "Hey mom. What's up?" Zoey greeted as she put the phone up to her ear. "Hello dear, how's Philly?" She could hear the worry in her mother's voice. "It's great, mom. I actually just found an apartment. It's great. It's close to my job, and the park that I sing at, and it's a pretty good neighborhood." She gushed. The phone conversation went on for a couple of minutes. "When are you planning on moving into this seemingly perfect place. Maybe we could get your cousin to come and help." Zoey heard her mom say. She paused. "I'm going to try to move in as soon as possible. I'm going to leave after I get my keys. I'll go to my friend's place where I'm staying . and start packing up my stuff. Maybe you could send me some of my stuff that I left behind.." She trailed off as she turned around to see Jess.
"Hey mom, I've got to go. I'll send you the new address. Talk to you later, ma. Love you." She said as she hung up. "Everything alright?" He asked, coming off of the doorframe to stand up straight. "Yeah, everything's fine. How long were you standing there?" She questioned as she stepped closer to him. "Not long." He shrugged. "Here's your key." His arm rose and offered Zoey the key in his hand. She grabbed it with a smile. "Thanks. I should probably go. I have the dinner shift at work. It's been crazy. It was a pleasure to meet you Jess. I should be back sometime tomorrow with some boxes. I'll try to contact you before I just show up. I wouldn't want to step on your toes so to speak." She rambled as she stepped past him and started to walk towards the door.
"Wait, you might need my number to do that.." He called after her, walking a couple of steps behind her. Zoey stopped, realizing that she indeed hadn't gotten Jess' number. She mentally kicked herself. "Right, yeah. Probably need that." Zoey turned around and handed Jess the phone in her hand. He gave a smirk and quickly put his number in the girl's phone, handing it back to her when he was finished. "Alright. I think that's all that I needed. Feel free to text me if you have any questions pop into your head.. And it was a pleasure to meet you also, Zoey. I hope that you'll like it here." He offered as he opened the door for her.
"I'm sure that I will." She said with an err of confidence as she walked away and out of the building. Zoey tried to hide her excitement from Jess since he seemed really cool and she didn't want to make an idiot out of herself. She could see them possibly getting along and she didn't want to ruin anything. That was when she heard a ding on her phone, a new text message.
I MISS YOU. -R
Zoey stared at the text for a moment before replying saying that she missed him too. She took a moment to look back at the building that she had just come from, trying to memorize it. She looked long enough to see what she thought to be Jess looking out the window. 'This is going to be a good thing, right?' she asked herself mentally before going back to her friend's place.
After Zoey left, Jess took a breath and sat down on the loveseat. He just hoped that this would work out. He was tired of looking for other roommates and like he had thought before, she seemed nice enough. He already knew that she tended to sing with one of her friends or boyfriend in the park just outside. "Maybe this'll work." He said out loud to himself as he walked over to the window overlooking the park. He caught a sight of her walking away and he couldn't deny that he thought that she was attractive. 'This will work.' He thought, before walking into his bedroom, laying on his bed and picking up the book on his bedside table.
Well, that was the second chapter! I hope that everyone enjoyed it. Don't forget to review to tell me what you think! I hope everyone has a fantastic day/night!